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The full remarks by at the opening of Regional Committee meeting - 22 August 2022 ➡️ bit.ly/3AfUmkm #RC72AFRO
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"Member States are now negotiating a new #PandemicAccord, & at its last meeting the Intl. Negotiating Body agreed that this instrument would be legally binding. Which is very good news. I urge all African Member States to engage actively in this process"- #RC72AFRO
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"3️⃣ protecting health by strengthening the 🌍 architecture for health emergency preparedness, response & resilience. The #monkeypox outbreak is yet more evidence that the 🌍’s collective failure to address neglected diseases in neglected communities puts us all at risk"-
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"So, in delivering health, the focus should be primary health care. Many countries, including high-income countries, were surprised by #COVID19 because they hadn't invested in primary health care"- #HealthForAll #RC72AFRO
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providing health, by reorienting health systems towards primary health care as the foundation of universal health coverage. We know that 90% of essential health services can be delivered at the primary health care level"-@DrTedros #HealthForAll #RC72AFRO
providing health, by reorienting health systems towards primary health care as the foundation of universal health coverage. We know that 90% of essential health services can be delivered at the primary health care level"-@DrTedros #HealthForAll #RC72AFROShow this thread
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"2️⃣ providing health, by reorienting health systems towards primary health care as the foundation of universal health coverage. We know that 90% of essential health services can be delivered at the primary health care level"- #HealthForAll #RC72AFRO
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"We are calling on all Member States to make an urgent paradigm shift, towards promoting health and well-being and preventing disease by addressing its root causes, and creating the conditions for health to thrive"- #HealthForAll #RC72AFRO
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"1️⃣ promoting health.
Realising our vision for the highest attainable standard of health starts not in the clinic or the hospital, but in schools, streets, supermarkets, households and cities"- #HealthForAll #RC72AFRO
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"Since this is my first trip after I started my second term, I will be happy to outline the five priorities:
1️⃣promoting health
2️⃣providing health
3️⃣protecting health
4️⃣powering health
5️⃣performing and partnering for health"- #RC72AFRO bit.ly/3AfUmkm
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"WHO is working on the ground to respond to prevent, detect and control outbreaks, to treat malnutrition and to provide essential health services and medicines"- #HornofAfrica #RC72AFRO
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"WHO is deeply concerned about the health & humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Greater #HornofAfrica, where millions of people are facing starvation due to a confluence of drought, #climatechange, conflict & increasing prices for food, fuel & fertilizer"-@DrTedros #RC72AFRO
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"WHO is deeply concerned about the health & humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Greater #HornofAfrica, where millions of people are facing starvation due to a confluence of drought, #climatechange, conflict & increasing prices for food, fuel & fertilizer"- #RC72AFRO
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"As countries in Europe and the Americas clamour for vaccines, WHO is working with countries and manufacturers to avoid a repeat of the inequity we witnessed with access to #COVID19 vaccines last year"- #RC72AFRO #monkeypox
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"Meanwhile, the world is waking up to a disease that has long afflicted many African Member States: #monkeypox. Although just 1% of all cases reported this year are from Africa, the region accounts for seven of the twelve reported deaths"- #RC72AFRO
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"In particular, immunization coverage has been badly affected, leaving 11 million infants unvaccinated or under-vaccinated in the region. We are now witnessing disturbingly large #measles outbreaks in many Member States"- #VaccinesWork #RC72AFRO
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"Despite the appalling inequity in access to vaccines; misinformation and disinformation; and the many competing priorities you face, we are now seeing encouraging progress in vaccination coverage in the region"- #COVID19 #VaccinEquity #RC72AFRO
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#Togo
has now eliminated four neglected tropical diseases, becoming the 1st country in the world to be validated by WHO for eliminating African lymphatic filariasis (#elephantiasis), #SleepingSickness, #GuineaWorm & #trachoma. Congrats Togo! 
#NTDs #RC72AFRO
has now eliminated four neglected tropical diseases, becoming the 1st country in the world to be validated by WHO for eliminating African lymphatic filariasis (#elephantiasis), #SleepingSickness, #GuineaWorm & #trachoma. Congrats Togo! #NTDs #RC72AFRO1
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It takes 🔟 years for a cigarette to decompose allowing further chemical damage to leach into our eco-system.
There is #OnlyOneEarth 🌎🌍🌏 - let's protect it by saying #NoTobacco 🚭
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4.5 TRILLION CIGARETTES are discarded per year worldwide, making them the most littered item on 🌎🌍🌏
What is inside a cigarette? Let’s find out 🔬
#TobaccoExposed 🚭
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𝗜𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱, #diabetes can cause:
👁️ blindness
❗️kidney failure
🫀 heart attack
🧠 stroke
🦵 lower limb amputation
Access to early diagnosis and treatment is key to prevent such complications.
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We’re still living with #COVID19. Don’t wait until cases are on the rise again before getting all of your recommended vaccine doses.
Your health is precious.
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If not treated, #diabetes can cause:
👁️ blindness
❗️kidney failure
🫀 heart attack
🧠 stroke
🦵 lower limb amputation
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One 🔑 tool to prevent mosquito borne diseases like #dengue is vector control:
✅ Drain, wash & scrub water storage containers every week
✅ Get rid of these objects ⬇ from around the house and garden, when unused
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Q: How do people catch #Zika❓
A: It is primarily transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito of the genus 𝐴𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑠
Learn more:
👉bit.ly/385VjOt
#WorldMosquitoDay 🦟
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#Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection, widespread throughout the tropics, with risk increased by:
🌧 rainfall
🌡 temperature
🏙 unplanned rapid urbanization
👉 bit.ly/2YvBZYY
#WorldMosquitoDay 🦟
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Health authorities in #DRC are investigating a suspected case of #Ebola virus disease, in the country’s eastern province of North Kivu. is in the process of testing samples to determine if the patient contracted Ebola.
➡️ ow.ly/BWe650KoA6A
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Today is #WorldMosquitoDay 🦟!
Did you know that #YellowFever is vaccine preventable?
Find out more about this mosquito borne disease by listening to the podcast.
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podcast 'EYE on Yellow Fever' is out!
In episode 
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#YellowFever outbreak nearly became a global public health crisis.
Listen & subscribe to the series:
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podcast 'EYE on Yellow Fever' is out!
In episode we hear how the 2016 Angola and DR Congo #YellowFever outbreak nearly became a global public health crisis.
Listen & subscribe to the series:
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Every minute ⏰ 1 child 👦🏾 dies from mosquito-borne #malaria.
The RTS,S vaccine has the potential to save tens of thousands of lives if rolled out widely.
#WorldMosquitoDay 🦟
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WHO recommends broad use of the first malaria vaccine (RTS,S) among children living in #malaria endemic areas with moderate to high transmission. The life-saving vaccine has been shown to have high impact in real-life use - to significantly ↘️ severe malaria, & ↘️ child deaths.
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Today is #WorldMosquitoDay 🦟!
Over 600 000 people die from mosquito-borne malaria every year.
Sleeping 💤 under insecticide-treated nets is one of the most effective ways to prevent #malaria.
bit.ly/2tARuMY
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In the Greater #HornofAfrica, millions of people are facing starvation, which poses a direct threat to health by weakening the body’s defences & opening the door to diseases. #ItTakesAVillage to address this food & health crisis, & teams are on the ground playing their part.
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Today is #WorldMosquitoDay!
Mosquitoes are the most dangerous animals in the 🌎🌍🌏 as they can transmit diseases such as:
🔸 Malaria
🔸 Dengue
🔸 Filariasis
🔸 Chikungunya
🔸 Zika
🔸 Yellow fever
🦟 borne diseases put the lives of billions at risk.
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Developed according to WHO standards & methods for guidelines, & published simultaneously in English & French, the guidelines will support health care providers caring for patients with #Ebola, & policymakers involved in outbreak preparedness & response.
👉bit.ly/3K30Ojr
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